Sir John Fitzgerald landlord celebrates 25 years at pub with new Cullercoats brew

A landlord is celebrating 25 years at a North Tyneside pub with a special anniversary brew.

Manager Bill Kerridge has been in charge of the Shiremoor House Farm pub in the village of New York, near North Shields, since it opened on November 4 1988.

So to mark his quarter century at the Sir John Fitzgerald group tavern he’s commissioned Wallsend-based Cullercoats Brewery to produce a 3.8% ABV pale ale, Shiremoor House Farm Celebration Ale, which will be sold with a nod to the anniversary for £2.25 a pint.

“Bill described the sort of beer he was wanting, and we tailor made the recipe,” said Cullercoats’ Bill Scantlebury.

“The aim was for a very drinkable all English ale, using the fantastic Challenger hop – a particularly aromatic batch of hops that was recommended to us by expert hop merchants Charles Faram.